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Continue reading →: Solvitur Ambulado
Day 1 – to Brill Solvitur Ambulado Day 1 – to Brill So it begins again. Another course. 63 days home, to attend to a few van matters, body matters (me and the dog), and a wee bit of planning..but not too much. A temporary title for now, from the…
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Continue reading →: Day 54 – to GravelinesDay 54 – to Gravelines I put a route together for this morning, in the Varoin valley, starting at Vierves and climbing up through forest tracks to a high point at just over 350 metres, then descending to the village of Olloy, returning on the riverbank. After lunch I drove…
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Continue reading →: Day 53 – at TreignesDay 53 – at Treignes After a breakfast watching the swallows play around the old station building I loaded up the GPX route the guy had sent me in the bar last night and drove a few kilometres up the valley to Dourbes. These hills take me to one of…
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Continue reading →: Day 52 – to Treignes, Belgian ArdennesDay 52 – to Treignes, Belgian Ardennes Three and a half hours driving today to get to the Belgian Ardennes; through five countries, passing Saarbrucken and Luxembourg. The heat finally cracked leaving Luxembourg and there was torrential rain and thunder for an hour or so. I had done some research…
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Continue reading →: Day 51 – at HinsbourgDay 51 – at Hinsbourg The earlier forecast for a storm was updated to a gusty and humid day, and night, with a maximum of 32C and an overnight low only in the early 20s. The morning was more pleasant, and I took a very rough and seemingly unused footpath…
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Continue reading →: Day 50 – at HinsbourgDay 50 – at Hinsbourg Some hot and humid days here. It’s common for mid 30s here in July and August, but some fierce storms also. I’ve been caught in storms in Central Europe a few times and each one was quite memorable. Usually they strike at 3 am when…
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Continue reading →: Day 49 – to HinsbourgDay 49 – to Hinsbourg Am I being haunted by school groups? Well if so, it’s not a bad thing. I can sit back and watch the teachers getting stressed, it’s actually quite amusing. It’s also good to see the kids out of the classroom in the outdoors again after…
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Continue reading →: Day 48 – at Saint-QuirinDay 48 – at Saint-Quirin The two 26 year old cyclists I had spent last evening with lived up to their personas of being chalk and cheese, leaving several hours apart this morning. Lars, full of ego and assurance, was away at 7:30 am, only to report back via Strava…
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Continue reading →: Day 47 – at Saint-QuirinDay 47 – at Saint-Quirin My immediate neighbours at the municipal campground in Saint-Quirin were a German couple in a tent. Unlike most people who were visiting just for the Saturday, they were here for a few days, hiking and biking, and we soon got talking; they took a liking…
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Continue reading →: Day 46 – to Saint-QuirinDay 46 – to Saint-Quirin Mount Donon, as opposed to Mount Little Donon, upon which I was last evening, is the highest mountain in the northern Vosges, at 1009 metres. It is a category 2 climb on the Tour de France. It is famous for a few reasons. Many archaeological…
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I was so much older then…
Quote of the Week
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
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